Guild Wars 2

+1 NOPE, I always try to run with you guys when I can find you in WvW. Such skilled and respectful players.

Game Menu > Control Options > bind a key to “target nearest enemy” and then it’s just a matter of tapping it a few times as you approach the front line of a zerg until you see the Commander buff.

All Marks and Wells will now affect all targets in the designated area instead of only five…..

:D

I think it’s an interesting dynamic and enjoy it really. If a good Thief/Mesmer team can hide effectively and retake a tower then +1 for good gameplay. Adapt or lose.

Nanyetah Elohi.4852:

Dunno, maybe our commanders are better than average. (A couple of them aren’t that great but most are probably top notch.) There is so much information we get in voice command it is hard to imagine play would be better without it. I enjoy getting to know the commanders and other players by their voice also. Big variety of personalities. Getting to know team members better adds to team cohesion.

Agree. There really is way more to TS than the simple commands that have been suggested here. I would even say it’s crucial at the higher level of play.

Well the only really fair way to do it would be to limit the population of all servers on every BL by the server with the lowest population at any given time. So if server “x” has 50 players on their BL then all other servers can only have up to 50 players on that particular BL as well. Of course no one will like this idea at all but it’s the only way I can think this issue would ever be solved.

I don’t particularly care for this idea but a simpler, more elegant solution would be to make wvw only servers.

I can’t say this enough, running tagless doesn’t encourage anything. Players will zone in, not see an icon and move to a different BL. So many of you feel like these other players owe you something and that they should work harder but if they weren’t doing it in the first place what makes you think segregating yourself and them will help?

Yes it’s a pain in the kitten. Yes it can seem unfair when so many of us try so hard. But to expect them to just do what you say and care as much as you care is just ridiculous.

New meta, lol. Sweep your buildings….

Blind, Chill, Cripple

Rezzet.3614:

so are TC and SoS gonna grab each other’s hands and team up again this week too?

No, we’ve leveled up to “7 minutes in heaven” so if you’re squeamish you might want to avoid the closets when you enter our towers.

I’m liking this matchup so far. Keep working hard FA and SoS. We (TC) likely won’t field the presence we typically do for the next couple weeks. Holidays and what not.

A combination and understanding of which method to play at any given time is what creates wins. That said, good fights FA and SoS. I really don’t mean this to sound passively aggressive but I don’t know of another way to say it so I’ll just say it; Don’t lose heart so easily. I think most core TC players can tell when your groups have just given up mentally. You can beat us. Keep trying and keep growing.

electriette.8952:

Quells.2498:

Come for the WvW, stay for the ERP.

odd, it was the other way around for me.

Now if we could just combine the two…

Come for the WvW, stay for the ERP.

How dare you all have a bigger thread than the TC/FA love affair. The audacity…..

FA, do you have a sodium free version of your tears? I only ask because they really dry my skin out when I bathe in them. Thank you in advance.

Yours always and forever,

Skeletot, xxxooo

daocvet.3524:

Welcome back to Tier 2 FA
Did you miss us??

Maybe they forgot that we typically clock in on Monday?

Condition duration is near useless in WvW. Only Condition damage and how often you can continuously apply a given condition matter.

No one is debating the usefulness of TS but rather how to encourage others to use it and also how to communicate with those that don’t.

It’s a multi-tiered problem…

1) leaders are slaves: Commanders, you’ll have to get used to the notion that you are there to empower everyone else and that sometimes you’ll have to do ridiculous things to achieve it.

2) Language like “fairweathers” and such doesn’t encourage anyone to try harder. Learn to utilize these players rather than degrade and blame them. You’re only as strong as your weakest link.

3) Stop expecting casual players to play like pros. It’s just unrealistic. Maybe it’s time to rethink how we attack and defend with that in mind rather than only considering the “hardcore” players.

Just some thoughts…

fellyn.5083:

Maybe I’m just smarter than the average bear but I don’ think TS is needed to know that you’re supposed to follow the blue triangle around on the screen.

A case could be made for that but voice communication is much faster, pre-cognitive actually when you consider the commander can say what will happen before it actually occurs. You would transition from a reactionary style of play by simply following to a active style by knowing what will come to be.

Eternal Rain.9376:

Just tag off and force them join on ts if they want follow u.

It won’t work. They’ll just map hop or go do something else.

I’m sure someone more technologically savvy will say something about the connectivity probability concerning American and European servers but in a perfect world that would be awesome. And thank you because now I’m going to spend the next two hours researching the guilds my server would face if this were to happen instead of sleeping.

You and many others will not like this answer but unfortunately for most that is too much work. Maybe a shift in mentality is necessary. I know it’s a hassle but if those willing to lead found a way to utilize chat better maybe more “randoms” would pay attention. Just a suggestion.

Thanks. I hope we can exceed your expectations. /good fights

The day a server learns to stop degrading it’s players and instead learns to utilize them is the day they will be a force of reckoning.

Jaxs.5830:

Quells.2498:

Jaxs.5830:

Quells.2498:

Jaxs.5830:

Sovereign.1093:

Jaxs.5830:

Le Rooster.8715:

This matchup is funny because all 3 servers don’t care much for ppt, which leads to mass endless zvz fighting and not being able to tell who’s bl is who’s

TC is entirely a PPT server, let’s not start pretending otherwise now.

TC does not need to pretend because TC isn’t a ppt server but a mixed server looking for PPT, fights, havok, ankitten. WE have a little bit of everything here.

A mix of the above incidentally gives you high ppt, but it’s not a direct goal.

What you mostly have are PPT heroes, tower hugging siege monkeys, and big blobs.That is who TC has always been and it works well for the PPT game, why start claiming otherwise now?

Please tell us more about ourselves because we are totally clueless.

On that we can agree.

Yeah we just kind of show up and win. Not really sure what we’re doing.

Apparently you missed the entire discussion, please go back to the top. To be specific at no point was it suggested that TC could not play for PPT.

Oh I don’t read or follow directions. I just hop into a borderlands and chill by the Asura Gates. Sorry.

Anet will merge some servers eventually. Patience is a virtue.

Jaxs.5830:

Quells.2498:

Jaxs.5830:

Sovereign.1093:

Jaxs.5830:

Le Rooster.8715:

This matchup is funny because all 3 servers don’t care much for ppt, which leads to mass endless zvz fighting and not being able to tell who’s bl is who’s

TC is entirely a PPT server, let’s not start pretending otherwise now.

TC does not need to pretend because TC isn’t a ppt server but a mixed server looking for PPT, fights, havok, ankitten. WE have a little bit of everything here.

A mix of the above incidentally gives you high ppt, but it’s not a direct goal.

What you mostly have are PPT heroes, tower hugging siege monkeys, and big blobs.That is who TC has always been and it works well for the PPT game, why start claiming otherwise now?

Please tell us more about ourselves because we are totally clueless.

On that we can agree.

Yeah we just kind of show up and win. Not really sure what we’re doing.

Jaxs.5830:

Sovereign.1093:

Jaxs.5830:

Le Rooster.8715:

This matchup is funny because all 3 servers don’t care much for ppt, which leads to mass endless zvz fighting and not being able to tell who’s bl is who’s

TC is entirely a PPT server, let’s not start pretending otherwise now.

TC does not need to pretend because TC isn’t a ppt server but a mixed server looking for PPT, fights, havok, ankitten. WE have a little bit of everything here.

A mix of the above incidentally gives you high ppt, but it’s not a direct goal.

What you mostly have are PPT heroes, tower hugging siege monkeys, and big blobs.That is who TC has always been and it works well for the PPT game, why start claiming otherwise now?

Please tell us more about ourselves because we are totally clueless.

fabz.4736:

whole stun guild chasing one vr all through the ruins lmao

Love seeing guild tags read [STUN] [NUTS][AGNY] in that order

Pinko.2076:

Quells.2498:

TC dying server

ctrl+t

um why are you making me open a new tab !!

/laugh, really?

TC dying server

ctrl+t

Unfortunately with recent changes it takes too much specification to make it “work.” It’s still fun but Fear is better suited for cc than for damage obviously.

I still run three Spectral skills in wvw and even have traits to back them up. I wouldn’t trade them for any other ability. I think you could directly relate mobility to survivability and in that sense it allows me to take off some pvt gear and add more berserker

….Yes, yes it matters a great deal. This is life and when you die that kitten hurts. But hey sometimes life gives you commons and you just have to Mystic Forge that crap and move on.

Sovereign.1093:

We shouldn’t alienate our players who choose to play at certain times only. Because we cannot compel them to join if they do not wish to do so at hard times. So, we can only set the stage for them to enjoy and hopefully participate longer than usual when they are available. >3<

Weee

In other news, played Beyond Two Souls. >3< Awesome game, I find it had the appeal of heavy rain and farenheit (which I find a must play).

I second the idea about “fairweathers.” Let’s not use them as a scapegoat.

I won’t pretend to have an answer for how to “fix” any of this but I think other tier 2 servers could benefit from learning to market themselves. Mimic the style of recruitment post that tier 1 uses as it shows server collaboration and effective communication. Make videos of your guilds doing work and post them. There’s lots of things you can do to rally people to your cause but asking other servers to stop recruiting or to in some way not be as good is a little selfish and lazy I think. If you market yourself successfully then you won’t have to ask such things. Players will join you regardless.

Well there is a way to “balance” it better but neither Anet or any of the players will agree to it. Cap the population per server on each borderlands to the same number as the server with the lowest population on each particular borderlands. So if Server 1 has 100 people on Eternal Battlegrounds then no other server can have over 100.

Maybe I’m missing something here since I don’t really duel but why build specifically for one class? Especially in WvW since that’s what you say you play in most.

OP: It’ll never happen. Anet can’t will people or punish people for playing in whatever group size they want. Adapt and get over it.

I dunno if it’s low tier servers who are just unaware of how strategic it can be but resorting to these ridiculous titles like “zergling” is a big roadblock in your understanding of how WvW works so far.

Players would have gathered in large groups even if the Commander tag didn’t exist. The Commander tag is most useful at a very low level in that it rallies those on the map who may be new and/or need guidance. Also, most WvW focused guilds on Tarnished Coast run tag-less groups already.

The numbers are going to increase each time one of you quote this isn’t it? lol
Again, the Hell is the point of these matchup threads?

Chris.3290:

ko killer.3692:

Oh please, the amount of times my 5 man groups have had to deal with this same issue from TC and FA is unreal.

Yeah, I was actually laughing when TC sent 30+ people to take out 5 of your guys with a cata outside Klovan. They zerg so hard that I wonder if they ever can click anything other than the #1 skill all week long.

I was laughing the whole time I ran away then got ran over by one of the few FA zergs who dared take a TC camp.

Or are you embarrassed that all we have to do is press “1” to beat you?

I like my name but if I had the chance I would make a beefy conditionmancer and name him “Septic Tank”

Haha well kitten . I was hoping to do more of it tonight.

Awesome GvG vid [CERN]

Pretty sure it does but I’ll bite, how was it caused then?